1. ASIF SAJJAD
House Number 10, Street 4 A, Block D, Soan Gardens, Expressway Islamabad, Pakistan
Cell Ph: +92(333)5990052, asifsajjad_26@yahoo.com
Objective
I believe in improvising innovation, optimization and problem solving in a challenging environment to get the best possible outcomes that benefit the organization; In turn seizing any opportunity that can help to whet my managerial, technical and leadership skills.
Specialties
CS and PS Operation, Commissioning, Optimization and Performance
 Huawei Soft-switch including ATCA MSC (MsoftX3000)
 Huawei Media-gateway (UMG8900).
 Huawei HLR including NGHLR (HLR9820).
 Huawei Signaling Gateway (STP -SG7000).
 Huawei Netview Signaling Probe.
 Huawei MCN/VMS.
 LSMS/Smartkey
 I-Manager M2000.
 ITS, Roam Salute and Global Roamer.
 Huawei SGSN 9810 including ATCA SGSN and V8 SGSN
 Huawei GGSN 9811 including V8 and V9 GGSN
Professional Experience
Senior Executive Engineer, Ufone (NSS CS & PS Core Network Operation)
2nd May, 2012 to date
 Operation and Maintenance of Huawei R4 network MSOFTX3000 (R6 & ATCA), UMG8900, HLR9820(R6 & ngHLR) and STP(SG7000)
 Data fill of new interconnects, trunk groups, E1 and trunk testing for verification
 SS7, Sigtran, H.248 & BICC configuration and link management with other network entities
 Voice and Signaling redundancy plans in case of major outage to avoid any service degradation in the network
 Traffic balancing and shifting after studying daily network reports to avoid congestion and failure
 Addition of new A links with BSCs, muting testing and addition/rehoming of sites in MSC.
 Implementation and Troubleshooting of new VAS services at MSC and STP
 Implementing new numbering plan and route strategies
 New MSRN/HON data fill in MSCs
 Route optimization by traffic distribution/rerouting of OMOs
 New traffic routing and load balancing
 SMS traffic routing and performing load balancing at STPs according to trunk utilization

2.  Short code implementation and number analysis
 USSD short code definition at HLR
 Creation of new templates at HLR according to marketing and IN requirements
 MNP implementation at STP
 Creation of M3UA associations, M2PA, HSLs and TDM 64K links at STPs
 Bilateral/Unilateral Roaming data configuration in MSCs and HLR
 Operation and Maintenance of Huawei SGSN (ATCA and V8) and GGSN (V9 and V8)
 Analysis of PS core KPIs like Gi/Gn throughput, PDP Context activation ratio, Gb Link utilization, Attach success ratio, Inter/Intra SGSN RAU etc.
 Configuration of postpaid and prepaid APNs in SGSN, GGSN and DNS as per marketing requirement
 Gb link addition and expansion
 New IP pool addition and pool expansion in case of high pool usage
 Static IP address mapping in GGSN
 Static route definition in SGSN and GGSN
 Implementing bilateral GPRS roaming at SGSN and GGSN
 IR issues Troubleshooting
 Subscriber database management in HLR Implementation and Updating of IR-21 Objective
 IR-24 and IR-32 for inbound Roaming
 Excellent understanding of Call flows and SMS flows
 Working experience of IR tools (ITS, Roam Salute, Global Roamer and Smart care Netview (Huawei's Signaling probe))
 Blocking of Fraudulent premium destinations in Huawei NSS nodes routing tables.
 Responsible for Performance management, fault management and configuration management of CS codes (MSCs, MGWs, HLR, STPs, EIR, VMS and MCN server). And PS core Nodes (SGSN, GGSN, Firewall, LAN Switches and BG router).
 Responding to faults in network platform and connectivity; their resolution, root cause analysis and taking further preventive actions.
 Complaint resolution and ensuring that network services are fault free.
 Configuration management; ensuring correct and timely configuration of services, nodes and connectivity.
 Taking routine backups/dumps to avoid delay in case of any emergency situation
 Network audit and optimization; fine tuning network configurations for optimal performance
 Coordinating with vendors, raising trouble tickets and following up for resolution
 Performing periodic audit of NSS nodes(configuration, security and inventory)
 Coordination with IN/VAS, Vendors, OMOs, LDIs, PSTN operators for voice/signaling expansions and issue resolutions Being part of the whole team building process through initiative, innovation, knowledge sharing and internal training.
 IMSI pairing and uploading and USSD strings definitions Backend VPN provisioning, GPRS/IR/CF/Static IP/MCN/VMS provisioning, subscriber templates (OCSI/TCSI/UCSI) definition, Disable DP12 to offload HLR-IN/OCS signaling, HLR subscribers Dumps
Senior Executive Engineer Core Operations – WORLDCALL Telecom An Omantel Company
August 2007 –to– April 2012
 Operation and Maintenance of Huawei switch CSOFTX3000, Media Gateway UMG8900
and Circuit Switched Samsung SDX MSC II
 Experience of fault handling, troubleshooting and data configurations CSOFTX3000, UMG8900, IGWB, iManager M2000 and LMT services platform
 Maintain Daily Core Network KPIs which includes CSR, CFR and CPU stats and take proper
action in case any dip is observed in any KPI’s
 Generation of Trouble Tickets and maintenance of their logs
 Trouble tickets handling that are being received from counter party
 Creation of Prefix and their routing to other routes
 Number analysis and CDR analysis based on release codes

3.  Monitoring and Optimization of Voice and Signaling Traffic
 Solving problems of outgoing and incoming calls of the customers
 Coordination of activities related to new network management systems, Route Management & Troubleshooting, E1 Testing
 SS7 Link Management with other MSC’s and Inter MSC entities.
 Hands on experience on Huawei LMT, HLR SMU Client
 Strong knowledge of SS7 and SIGTRAN protocols architecture
 Assigning of Routes for different call types
Certifications and Trainings
 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cisco ID: CSCO11647210
 PS core training conducted by Huawei
 Strategic Time management training conducted by Ufone
 IR and signaling probe training conducted by Ufone
 CS core training conducted by Ufone
Education
Academic Qualification Year of Completion Institute
BSc (Computer Engineering) 2006 University of Engineering
& Technology Taxila
FSc (Pre Engineering) 2002 Government Degree Collage
Kot Addu
Skills
 Team member, Communicator, Motivator
 Fluent in spoken and written in English & Urdu
 Social and have good administration skills
 An excellent command over using MS Office including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
 Good hands on experience of latest windows operating system
 An excellent command over using the internet
 Basic knowledge of the C++, Java & MATLAB
Reference
Reference will be provided on demand.